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Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 vs Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6
—Inno Score
VS
Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
45.7Inno Score
100CPU37.2
—GPU34.3
—Benchmarks55.9
—AIspec-based64
100Efficiencyspec-based55.9
4 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 60 spec wins — Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

InnoReviews verdict

No overall winner yet: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 lacks the published benchmark results an Inno Score requires, so there is no Inno Score to compare — we don't rank chips on their spec sheet alone. The spec table below still shows every difference we track.

Which would you pick?

Key differences

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6

  • Stronger CPU score: 100 vs 37
  • 97% higher Max download: 14.8 Gbps vs 7.5 Gbps
  • 76% higher Max clock: 5 GHz vs 2.84 GHz
  • 60% lower process: 2 nm vs 5 nm

Reasons to pick the Qualcomm Snapdragon 888

No decisive spec advantages — this side competes on price and preference.

General

General comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Announced20262020
Process2 nm+60%5 nm
TDP (typical)—9 W
Architecture64-bit Qualcomm Oryon CPUArmv8.2

CPU

CPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Cores88
Core configuration2x5.0 GHz Oryon Prime + 6x4.0 GHz Oryon Performance1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 + 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 + 4x1.8 GHz Cortex-A55
Max clock5 GHz+76%2.84 GHz

GPU

GPU comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
GPUAdreno GPUAdreno 660
GPU clock—840 MHz

AI

AI comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
NPUHexagon NPUHexagon 780
AI performance—26 TOPS

Memory

Memory comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Memory typeLPDDR5X/LPDDR6-5300LPDDR5-6400
Max bandwidth—51.2 GB/s

Connectivity

Connectivity comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
ModemQualcomm X105 5G Modem-RFSnapdragon X60 5G
Max download14.8 Gbps+97%7.5 Gbps
Wi-FiWi-Fi 8Wi-Fi 6E
Bluetooth6.05.2

Media

Media comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
Max display4K+ @ 120Hz / QHD+ @ 240Hz4K @ 60Hz / QHD+ @ 144Hz
Video capture8K@30fps8K@30fps

Benchmarks

Benchmarks comparison: Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6 versus Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
SpecQualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 6Qualcomm Snapdragon 888
AnTuTu—1,040,324Top 56%
AnTuTu 11 (CPU)—379,461Top 56%
AnTuTu 11 (GPU)—169,822Top 64%
AnTuTu 11 (Memory)—200,968Top 53%
AnTuTu 11 (UX)—290,073Top 56%
Geekbench 6 (single)—1,450Top 30%
Geekbench 6 (multi)—3,650Top 37%
3DMark Wild Life Extreme—1,550Top 66%

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